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Books:

Ackley, Douglas. Twenty-Seven and a Half Missions in the Fifteenth Air Force. New York, Vantage Press, c1997. 62p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 A182t YELLOW RESERVE

Airmen Memorial Museum. The Airmen Heritage Series. Suitland, MD., Airmen Memorial Museum, 198?.
[v.1.] An Enlisted Beginning (1907). Corporal Eddie Ward: The First Enlisted Airman. George E. Hicks.
[v. 2.] Doolittle's Raiders (1942). George E. Hicks.
[v. 3.] Enlisted Historical Supplement (1993). (Medals and Awards).
[v. 4.] World War II: The Air War of 1944.
[v. 5.] World War II: The Atomic Missions of 1945.
[v. 6.] Birth of the U.S. Air Force, 1945-1950. Brian J. Howard.
[v. 7.] Ulysses S. Nero: Air Force Pioneer. William I. Chivalette.
[v. 8.] Vernon L. Burge: First Enlisted Pilot. William I. Chivalette .
[v. 9.] Sergeant William C. Ocker: Father of Blind Flight (The Army's Third Enlisted Pilot). William I. Chivalette.
[v. 10.] Paul Wesley Airey: First Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. William I. Chivalette.
[v. 11.] History of the Air Force Enlisted Uniform, 1907 through 1997. William I. Chivalette.
[v.12] Balloons on High History of Early Enlisted Aeronautics, 1862-1907. William I. Chivalette and W. Parker Hayes.
[v.13] William H. Pitsenbarger : Air Force Enlisted Hero Third Enlisted Air Force Cross Recipient .199u William I. Chivalette and W. Parker Hayes.
[v.14] Operation "Tidal Wave" : Enlisted Airmen in the Air Attacks on Ploesti.1999 Sean M. Miskimins
[v.15] Building the Air Bridge : Enlisted Airmen Supporting the Berlin Airlift.1999 W. Parker Hayes
Book call no.: 358.41338 A298 v.1-15  YELLOW RESERVE

Airmen Memorial Museum. Unsung Heroes: A History of the Enlisted Airmen From the Dawn of Flight to Desert Storm. Suitland, MD., The Museum,1997. 334p.
Book call no.: 358.41338 U59  YELLOW RESERVE

Arbon, Lee. They Also Flew: The Enlisted Pilot Legacy, 1912-1942. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. 264p.
Book call no.: 358.413 A666t  YELLOW RESERVE

Baisden, Chuck Flying Tiger to Air Commando. Atglen, PA., Sciffer Publishing Ltd., 1999. 157p.
Book call no.: 940.548173 B163f YELLOW RESERVE

Boyd, John and Gary Garth Tenko: the Amazing Story of Sgt. John Boyds' Survival as a POW in a Notorious Japanese Prison Camp. Peducah,KY, Turner Pub. Co.,1996. 168p.
Book call no.: 940.547259 B789t YELLOW RESERVE

Boyne, Walter J. Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the United States Air Force, 1947-1997. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1997. 442 p.
Book call no.: 358.400973 B792b  YELLOW RESERVE

Byers, Richard G. Attack!. Cassville, MO, Litho Printers, 1992, c1984. 296p.
Book call no.: 940.5423 B933a YELLOW RESERVE

Caron, George R. and Charlotte E. Meares. Fire of a Thousand Suns: The George R. "Bob" Caron Story, Tail Gunner of the Enola Gay. Westminister, Colo. Web Publishing, c 1995, 272p.
Book call no.: 940.5425092 C293f YELLOW RESERVE

Chief: The Evolution, Development and Role of the Chief Petty Officer in the United States Naval Service.  Joe B. Havens, ed., Paducah, KY, Turner Publishing, 1996. 128p.
Book call no.: 359.338 C533 YELLOW RESERVE

Clements, James and John W. Gumpper. Silent Heroes Among Us: Final Flights of the Mighty Eighth. New Wilmington, PA, New Horizon Publishing , 1997. 224p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 S582 YELLOW RESERVE

Condor, Albert E. The Men Behind the Guns: The History of Enlisted Aerial Gunnery, 1917-1991. Paducah, KY, Turner Publishing Co., 1994. 136p.
Book call no.: 358.41338 M534  YELLOW RESERVE

Covington, Robert L. The War Diaries of Sgt Robert L. Covington: 60th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Group, US Army Air Corps, November 1942-February 1945.
Blacksburg, VA : Pocahontas Press, 1998. 128p.
Book call no.: 973.544973 C873w YELLOW RESERVE

Daly-Bednarek, Janet R. The Enlisted Experience: A Conversation With the Chief Master Sergeants Of the Air Force. Washington, DC, Air Force History & Museums Program, 1995. 166p.
Book call no.: 358.41338 E58 YELLOW RESERVE

Daniels, Ken. China Bombers: the Chinese-American Composite Wing in World War II. North Branch, MN, Specialty Press, 1998. 110p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 D186c YELLOW RESERVE

Doty, Andy. Backwards Into Battle: a Tail Gunner's Journey in World War II. Palo Alto, CA, Tall Tree Press, 1995. 156p.
Book call no.: 940.548173 D725b YELLOW RESERVE

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Guardians of the Republic: A History of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the U.S. Army. Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2001, p.478.
Book call no.: 355.338 F533g YELLOW RESERVE (7)

Glines, Carroll V., The First Flight Around the World, April 6-September 28, 1924. Missoula, Mont., : Pictorial Histories Pub. Co., 2000, 170p.
Book call no.: 629.1309 G561f  YELLOW RESERVE (4)

Grandstaff, Mark R. Foundation of the Force Enlisted Personnel Policy. Washington, DC, Air Force History and Museums Program, 1997. 299p.
Book call no.: 358.41338 G754f  YELLOW RESERVE

Henderson, Aileen Kilgore.  Stateside Soldier: Life in the Women's Army Corps, 1944-1945.  Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina Press, c2001. 252p.
Book call no.: 940.548173 H558s c.2-4 YELLOW RESERVE

Kelly, Arthur L. Battlefire!: Combat Stories from World War II. Lexington, University Press of Kentucky, 1997. 226p. Check Index for info; Chap. 5: "The Air War Over Germany, and Stalag 17" for info on gunners.
Book call no.: 940.542 K29b YELLOW RESERVE

Komarek, W. J. "All the Best": A Toast to the 329th, B-24 Bomb Squadron. Baltimore, MD, Gateway Press, 1995. 203p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 K81a YELLOW RESERVE

A Look Back: A Conversation With AETC Senior Enlisted Advisors and Command Chief Master Sergeants. Thomas A. Manning, ed. Randolph AFB, TX, Office of History and Research, Air Education and Training Command, 2001. 79p.
Book call no.: 358.41338 L863 YELLOW RESERVE

 Losonsky, Frank S. Flying Tiger: A Crew Chief's Story: the War Diary of a Flying Tiger American Volunteer Group Crew Chief With the 3rd Pursuit Squadron. Atglen, PA, Schiffer Military/Aviation History, 1996. 108p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 L881f YELLOW RESERVE

Mays, Frank Reese, ...And No Purple Heart. Rocky Mount, VA, Briarwood Publications Inc., 1999. 301p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 M474a YELLOW RESERVE

McGuire, Melvin W. Bloody Skies: A 15th AAF B-17 Combat Crew: How They Lived and Died. Las Cruces, NM, Yucca Tree Press, 1993. 424p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 M148b YELLOW RESREVE

Moriarty, E.T. One Day into Twenty Three. United States, s.n. 1987. 164p.
Book call no.: 940.542142 M854o YELLOW RESERVE

Nordin, Carl S. We Were Next to Nothing: An American POW"s Account of Japanese Prison Camps and Deliverance in World War II. Jefferson, NC, McFarland Publishers, 1997. 257p.
Book call no.: 940.542752 N832w YELLOW RESERVE

Novey, Jack and Calhoun, Fryar. The Cold Blue Sky: A B-17 Gunner in World War II. Charlottesville, VA, Howell Press, 1997.
Book call no.: 940.544973 N945c YELLOW RESERVE

Patterson, Edward. My Three Years: 1942 Enlistment - 1945 Liberation. Chicago, Adams Press, 1999. 109p.
Book call no.: 940.547243 P317m YELLOW RESERVE

Picardo, Eddie S. Tales of a Tail Gunner: A Memoir of Seattle and World War II. Seattle, WA, Hara Pub., 1997. 252p.
Book call no.: 940.548273 P586t YELLOW RESERVE

Robinson, John Harold. A Reason To Live. Memphis, TN, Castle Books, 1988. 445p.
Book call no.: 940.54 R662r YELLOW RESERVE

Watry, Charles A. Aerial Gunners: The Unknown Aces of World War II. Carlsbad, CA, California Aero Press, 1986. 256p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 W337a YELLOW RESERVE

Weise, Selene H. The Good Soldier: the Story of a Southwest Pacific Signal Corps WAC. Shippensburg, PA, 1999. 232p.
Book call no.: 940.548173 W427g YELLOW RESERVE

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Documents:

The Air Force Noncommissioned Officer. United States Air Force. Air Force Training Command. Directorate of Personnel Planning, 1953.
Doc. call no.: M-U 37451 no.20-18-52 

Grandstaff, Mark R. A Great Way of Life: Personnel Policy, Professionalism, and the Creation of a Career Enlisted Corps in the United States Air Force 1914-1956. Ann Arbor, MI, 1993. 469p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43567-798 

Hall, Francis J. A Historical Perspective of the United States Air Force Enlisted Personnel Promotion Policy (1947-1980). Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, Air Force Institue of Technology (U.S.).School of Systems and Logistics, June 1980. 124p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39567-4 H175h 

Kirby, Shelia N. Enlisted Personnel Management: An Historical Perspective. Santa Monica, CA, 1996. 160p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 30352-84 no.755 

Mamaux, Harry O. The Enlisted Pilot Program in the USAF 1941-1942: Was It Successful?. Maxwell AFB, AL, Apr 1984. 38p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 M263e 

The Role of the First Sergeant.United States Air Force. Air Force Training Command. Directorate of Personnel Planning, 1954. 43p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 37451 no.20-9-53 

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Periodicals:

Barela, Timothy P., Tsgt. Gunning for Trouble: AC-130H Spectre Gunners Enhance War-Fighting. Airman 40:8-11 October 1996.

Bendnarek, Janet. Not Soldiers--Airmen: The Development of the USAF Enlisted Force. Air Power History 39:25-31 Summer 1992.

Callander, Bruce D. Aces That History Forgot. Air Force Magazine 74:92-96 April 1991.

Callander, Bruce D. RO (Radio Operator)-Gunners. Air Force Magazine 77:74-77 January 1994.

Frisbee, John L. Unsung Heroes of World War II. Air Force Magazine 76:89 July 1993.

Hicks, George E. Enlisted Pilot Legacy. Sergeants 31:10-13 November 1992.

Lucas, Charles (CMSAF, USAF). Chief Airey. Air Force Magazine 80:61-64 September 1997.

Proctor, Annie. Enlisted Pilots. Airman 40:34-37 December 1996.

Snyder, David M., Capt. Gunners' Last Mission. Combat Crew 41:4-5 December 1991.

Story of a Mission (by a WWII Enlisted Crew Gunner). Combat Crew 42:12-14 March 1992.

Underwood, Jeffrey S. Gunnery Training at Tyndall Field, Florida, 1941-1945. Air Power History 42:44-55 Winter 1995.

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